GOOGLE appears to be having a major outage as thousands complain about the Calendar app.
Complaints are flooding in about Google Calendar – and also Gmail – with users saying that the services aren’t working properly.
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Reports of issues began appearing at around 9.30am UK time – but were largely resolved just after 10am.
The main issue appears to have been with Google Calendar – some users reported Gmail problems too.
Online outage tracker Down Detector logged thousands of reports across the UK.
US Google users appeared to be unaffected.
What is Google Error 500?
An error message seen by The Sun when attempting to access Google Calendar read: “500. That’s an error.
“There was an error. Please try again later. That’s all we know.
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“If the problem persists, see the Google Workspace Status Dashboard or visit the Help Centre.”
Error 500 is a general response from the server saying that there’s an issue.
It’s not a great diagnosis for users, as it could be linked to many different problems.
Google Calendar down – what’s happened?
On DownDetector, almost all of the Google Calendar complaints relate to the website, with some reporting problems with server connection and the app.
Google services are used by billions of people around the world, so any outage can cause significant disruption.
We’ve asked Google for comment and will update this story with any response.
Frustrated users have flocked to Twitter to complain about the outage.
One wrote: “@googlecalendar Hi, it appears your service is having issues today.
“The Workspace shows it as up but I’m getting 500 error when trying to view my calendar.”
Another said: “Is there any issue with Google Calendar trying to log in but showing error 500.”
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